WAR GRAVES
£Per United Press Association.] M FLLINGTON. April 15. One of the details of the Defence administration which Sir Jas. Alien hopes to complete before ho leaves is that relating to the adoption of a uniform headstone for the -raves of soldiers in New Zealand and in places near New Zealand, such as Samoa. A meeting of the New Zealand War Graves Committee was held yesterday, at which Sir James Allen was present. After the meeting the Minister said the committee had selected a design. The Minister was asked as to the position regarding headstones for New Zealand soldiers buried abroad. He said that for the present all work in connection with these graves was being done by the Imperial War Graves Commission. The New Zealand Government had been paying a considerable sum for«the identification of graves of New Zealand soldiers m France, Gallipoli, and Palestine. As to headstones for these graves of New Zealanders, he did not quite know what the position was. He was not sure vet whether it would be possible for New Zealand to provide a distinctive stone for graves for her own men. because he did not know exactly how far the Imperial War Graves Commission had gone in the selection of a design.
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Evening Star, Issue 17327, 15 April 1920, Page 2
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